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Posted: Dec. 17 2005,06:46 QUOTE
mikshaw,

I was describing my experiences using other linux distros.

I have not tried runlevel 3 or runlevel 5 with DSL, and I believe that your reports are accurate.

The "nope" in my last post was referring to your runlevel expectations, not to your reports on the behavior of DSL.
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Posted: Dec. 17 2005,07:07 QUOTE
I believe this could be achieved by small tweaks to /.bash_profile changing runlievel 5 test to 3 or greater. Then a runlevel 5 test added  /home/dsl/.bash_profile for the startx.

The purpose is again more support of CLI?

I can't wait for the next review when our CLI support is all the rage.
Headline: DSL is the new DOS!
Honestly, I didn't think there would be a push in this direction.
But then, what do I know.
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Posted: Dec. 17 2005,07:27 QUOTE
roberts,

You can't pin this one on me :D

Mikshaw started the topic
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Posted: Dec. 17 2005,07:33 QUOTE
On a more serious note, I do have a utility script that runs from CD at boot time to perform certain operations on a computer system.

After watching some PCs choke on the xwindows start, I decided to make it a CLI dialog (or in DSL's case whiptail) script and boot up into console mode because even wierdo video cards still understand normal VGA text mode (ie vga=normal) so this insured maximum compatibilty.

This is of course VERY tangentally related to CLI for desktop users but I thought it was still kinda neat to tell about.
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Posted: Dec. 17 2005,07:35 QUOTE
Yeah...i understand where the main focus of dsl is, and i can do whatever i want with it as it is.  My main issue was trying to help those people who want to use DSL but cannot run a GUI.  As it is now they have the choice of either failing to get to a useable system or getting a root prompt.  I think it would be very nice if they could have a "dsl" prompt.

cbagger1: do you mind if i peek at your script?

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